Euphemist Mailer Part 2: Bruce Davidson & The Tagger
I loved this photo from our family trip to New York, with the tagging of my name on the mail carrier’s box. Later Magnum published a book of landscape photos and I found a photo from Bruce Davidson’s Subway series that pictured graffiti of the word “Chris.”
Euphemist Mailer Part 1: Chris Buck Is A Euphemist
Over the past month I’ve been rolling out a new direct mailer. It’s likely the most impressive single piece that I’ve ever produced, but it didn’t start out that way.
With A Rebel Yael
I asked intern Yael Young to be a guest blogger this week. She included some background on our recent TVO ad shoot in Toronto.
iPhone Gets Wood
The case for my iPhone is made of bamboo and looks like a camera.
Ponder Like It’s 1999
As the twentieth century was coming to an end Sheila Heti polled a number of friends and colleagues “To learn what artists think about how they work and discover what contemporary artists share.”
Sinatra’s Signature Song?
What is Frank Sinatra’s signature song? “Come Fly With Me”? “I’ve Got The World On A String”? Maybe “New York New York?” No, it’s “Ol’ MacDonald.” Well, at least in our household it is.
Finding Elliott Smith
I thought that the whole session was lost but I came across the four rolls of black-and-white negatives and the clip tests of the color rolls.
Lightning Strikes Twice
Josette Lata is opinionated about a lot of things, and she’s not shy to share. One thing that she has full right have strong views on is photography and photographers. Here is the background on the CononoPhillips and Diesel campaigns that I shot with her.
PDN Photo Of The Day: David Cross
Photo District News made my David Cross portrait their Photo Of The Day. It got picked up and re-blogged a number of times but the comments on the Minus Manhattan page are the best.
Atlantic Standard Time
Bringing in the story’s writer as the model for the photographs adds complications and time, as we balance her needs and preferences with the narrative for this cover of The Atlantic.
Bachmann-Eyezed
There have been many responses to my Newsweek Michele Bachmann cover. My favorite, just for the flat out surreal quality of someone making amazing new work from my photography is the Bachmann-eyezed phenomena.
Sarah Wilmer Is My Friend
Sarah Wilmer is a super talented photographer who I’m pleased to call my friend.
Inspired By George Lois?
When Bloomberg BusinessWeek Photo Editor Karen Frank told me that they wanted to duct tape Richard Branson to their cover I was excited because it had that thinking-outside-the-box approach that my hero George Lois had.
Promotional Video Hoax
The Canadian producer made a couple of video pitches, the first one, called “Uneasy” was impressive. It is largely compiled from an interview at Gino’s in New York, and a session with Wes Craven for Audubon in Los Angeles.
“Here In My Car”
Not only did they want portraits, but they looked to feature a number of Mazda employees, creating the potential to bringing gravitas and authenticity to their concepts.
No Longer Interesting
I came across this Dos Equis standee at an airport bar and had to comment.
Make Your Face A Maynards
One lucky Canadian will get 3-D rendering of their face on a Maynards candy! I shot the print campaign, doing my best to encourage folks to sign onto the Maynards Canada Facebook Page to enter.
Playboy Bunny
This GQ shoot with Simon Cowell was in danger of going off the rails because the subject was too much into our props.
Bachmann Cover Overdrive
I recently did a sitting with Representative Michele Bachmann for Newsweek, and overnight this became my best-known photograph. One day I’ll have something to say about it.
GQ & CK
Louis C.K. seemed to be genuinely amused by the idea of being photographed with a pony so he impulsively agreed, and perhaps later regretted it.